It's a clone of Logan's Run!

Rating: 3/10 (22 August 2005)

How Michael Bay can get away with such an awful rehash of Logan's Run is beyond me. Notice the similarities:

a male and female escape from a closely-controlled underground (LR - under domes) society - they have been told that the rest of the world is uninhabitable

the Lottery (LR - carousel) is the 'official' way of getting out

the Island (LR - renewal) doesn't actually exist

the male and female are chased both in the city and outside it

there's a shot of the sun meant to provoke wonderment

they come across a scorpion (LR - snake) outside

they meet a helpful and slightly eccentric character outside

they decide to go back to the city to warn the others

the male character manages to destroy lots of machines there

the film ends with shots of the city's inhabitants streaming outside.

OK there are also differences, but probably someone who knew both films better would find even more plagiarism.
The ironic thing is that for it's day Logan's Run was a pretty good film. The Island is awful - dumbed-down Hollywood at its worst. Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson don't get a decent line between them, and the main part of the movie is composed of car chases, improbable escapes and the sort of thing that's been done to death in hundreds of other big-budget pieces of mindless escapism.
And Scarlett's tunic doesn't even get ripped in all that she goes through! (though it does suddenly change from clean to very dirty...) At least Logan's Run had some flesh showing and a bit of gratuitous nudity!!
MAJOR SPOILER:
The scene where Ewan McGregor ultimately destroys the city by basically pulling a lever that says 'Don't pull this lever' is reminiscent of an Austin Powers movie.
The possibilities of a thoughtful story about cloning are all but lost in the way it's treated. A good director could have made all the difference.
Don't get me wrong, I think Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johannson are brilliant actors (take Moulin Rouge and Lost in Translation for instance) but why ever did they agree to be a part of this rubbish?